Inflation hurting

By Nasik Swami Inflation is hurting, and small businesses in the region are doing it tough. That’s the word from Member of Parliament Tony Pasin, who says the increasing costs of doing business in regional towns are forcing the closure of many small businesses. “More than 150,000 Australian small businesses will see their electricity bills increase by up to $1,310 a year,” Mr Pasin claimed. He said fuel prices were 9.5 percent higher this month than they were in April 2022. “Interest rates are impacting businesses as well as households. Households are having to exercise restraint. “All these increased costs are squeezing small businesses profits while they are still recovering from losses incurred during the pandemic.” He said many businesses could not absorb the increased costs anymore. “The Labor government had an opportunity in last month’s budget to deliver for our small businesses, and they didn’t. “Instead, they delivered a […]

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Record turnout powers tournament success

The 60th Lucindale Easter Tennis Tournament was held over the Easter weekend in glorious sunshine.

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Tight tussle

Naracoorte Squash Club: Autumn pennant, Round 10

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KNTNA SCORES: ROUND 1

A Grade: Keith 49 (M Wachtel, P Pado) d Mundulla 37 (S Ashby, Z Grosser); Kingston 45 (E Orrock, T Nicolle) d Bordertown 40 (I Sneath, C Langley); Border Districts 51 (P Moyle-Read, R Pfitzner) d Naracoorte 41 (G Midwinter, G Collins).

A Reserves: Mundulla 48 (N Obst, A Mock) d Keith 44 (E Lamont, P Jones); Naracoorte 69 (B Sinclair, K Mott) d Border Districts 29 (A Proffit, M Kester).

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Big battles start off 2026 season

Mundulla had a slow start with Keith coming out and capitalising on their centre passes and turnovers.

Mundulla came out in the second quarter to try and win back as much of the ball as possible. However, Keith stayed strong and consistent.

Mundulla made changes at half time that made a big difference and they started the second half strongly.

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Clark and Todd take top honours

Another absorbing day of Bridge@Bowls took place last Thursday when 24 members battled it out in the pleasant surrounds of the Naracoorte Bowling Club.

Yet another brilliant effort from Jenny Clark, this time in partnership with Marjorie Todd, saw them take out first position in N/S with a solid 62%.

Marjorie has been in the placings for consecutive weeks, so that is most certainly a job well done. Second and third positions for N/S were filled by Jill Jacob/Jill Perkins and Christine McDonald/Helen Cox.

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Elaine wins Stableford round

Several Wednesdays of golf have slipped by with no reports being written, so here follows a summary of the results from the past four weeks.

A Stableford round was played on March 18. There were 19 ladies in the field competing for very generous prizes kindly donated by Wild Game Wine thank you to Mary and Guy for their ongoing support of the golf club.

Elaine Zerk was the winner with 39 points and Sandra Munn was the runner-up with 37 points.

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